Astronauts are currently performing the fifth and final spacewalk of the Hubble Repair Mission, and NASA is pleased with the results. One camera felled by an electrical short in 2007 could not be brought back online-- NASA considered that a long-shot in any case-- but other objectives of the mission seems to have been met. If all goes well, Hubble will continue delivering top quality science until 2014.
Today, astronauts have the melancholy task of attaching a ring to Hubble. In 2014, a spacecraft will latch onto that ring, and lead Hubble to its fiery doom as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
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